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G. S. KYLE. DUMPING WAGON.

No. 453,491. Patented June 2,1891.

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G. S. KYLE. DUMPING WAGON.

No. 453,491. Patented June 2,1891.

STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

GEORGE S. KYLE, OF CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TOJOHN M. MODOXVELL, OF SAME PLACE.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,491, dated June 2,-1891 A lication filed November 10, 1890- Serial No. 370,861. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: wheels, said bodybeing provided near itsfor- Be it known that I, GEORGE S. KYLE, a citiward end with the driversseat 0. zen of the United States, residing at Chambers- It isunnecessary to enter here into any deburg, in the county of Franklin andState of tailed description of the construction of the Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and driving-gear of the wagon, as this doesnot 55 useful Improvements in Vagons for Use in form a part of thepresent invention. Suffice Road-Making; and I do hereby declare the itto say that the wagon, with its wheels, dye, following to'be a full,clear, and exact demay be constructed in any suitable and description ofthe invention, such as will enable sirable manner. The body may be ofany IO others skilled in the art to which it apperconvenient shape andsize, the wheels like-v 6o tains to make and use the same. wise made inany suitable fashion, and the This invention relates to an improvementbody mounted upon the wheels in such a in wagons, carts, or vehicles fortransporting manner as may be preferred. crushed stone, gravel, earth,or other similar Hy invention is equally applicable for comsubstance ormaterial and delivering thesame bination with many and various kinds of65 upon the surface of the ground during the opwagons suitable forhauling stone, gravel, and eration of road-making, the object of theinother similar substances. vention being to provide simple andefficient The interior of the wagon-body A is prolocomotive means fordistributing crushed vided with inclines running from the ends of stoneor gravel evenly over the surface of the the wagon toward the middlepoint thereof. 70 road, and thus avoid the laborious operation D denotesthe rear incline, and E the forof shoveling the same several times overin ward incline. These inclines form the maorder to properly place itupon the road-surjor portion of the bottom of the wagon. face; and theinvention therefore consists, es- Their relative lengths may vary indifferent sentially, in the combination, with a wagon wagons. I amconfined and restricted to no 75 having inclines on the bottom thereof,of a particular arrangement or size for this indumping leaf or platearranged, in connection cline surface. Their object will be seen at awith the bottom opening in the wagon-body, glance, as they are intendedto support the so that at this point the crushed stone or other crushedstone, gravel, or other substance with substance may be automaticallydelivered which the wagon-bodyis filled,and thus cause 80 through theopening upon the road and caused the said crushed stone to have atendency to to fall evenly over the surface of the latter as move towardthe point between the two lower the wagon travels along, the said leafor ends of the inclines. These inclines do not dumping-bottom beingopened or closed by meet, but their lower ends are separated for 3 5means under the control of the driver from a convenient distance, therebeing located be- 85 his seat; and the invention further consists intween them a hinged leaf, cover, or dumpingcertain details in theconstruction, arrangeplate F, which is arranged within the openment, andcombination of the several parts, ing in the wagon-bottom, said plate Fbeing substantially as will be hereinafter described, adapted to coversaid opening and thus close and then more particularly pointed outin theand make the entire wagon-bottom intact, o subjoined clauses of theclaim. and at other times to be opened to a greater In the accompanyingdrawings, illustrating or less extent for the purpose of allowing the myinvention, Figure l is a side elevation of contents of the wagon to beautomatically fed my improved wagon for use in road making out in aneven manner through the outlet or repairing. Fig.2 is atop plan view ofthe thus afforded. This du1nping-bottom F is 95 same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section. hinged at f f to some suitable part of theSimilarletters of reference designate eorrewagon-bottom, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. sponding parts throughout all the different The size ofthe opening in the wagon-bottom figures of the drawings. between theinclines D and E may vary in A designates the wagon-body, and B thedifferent wagons. I am restricted to no par- [00 *means approximate tothe drivers seat for is a gear-wheel H.

ticular size. Said opening is simply a trans vcrse rectangular opening(although its shape may vary) and the dumping-bottom F is of course of acorresponding shape and size. It becomes necessary I to have some meanswhereby the dumping-bottom F may be operated by the wagon-driver fromhis seat, so that he may vary the size of the opening in the bottom ofthe wagon whenever it may be necessary and may close the same or open itwhen he desires.

One feature of this invention consists in the combination, with thedumping-plate, of

controlling the same. As the wagon moves along over the road-surface itis necessary that the driver can have devices within easy reach which hecan manipulate for the purpose of controlling the size of the opening inthe bottom of the wagon, and, if necessary, closing or opening to thefull width. An example of such devices I will now proceed to describe.

a denotes a transverse shaft supported in the sides of the body A andcarrying small grooved rollers or pulleys b b, which may be integralwith the shaft or movable thereon, as preferred.

Adjoining the drivers seat 0, preferably in front thereof, is anothertransverse horizontal shaft G. This shaft is supported in the sides ofthe wagon body A, and projects through each side and carries groovewheel or disks thereon a.

e e designate chains, which are firmly connected to the shaft G, or,rather, it may be said, are secured within the grooves of the wheels 00. These chains pass over the grooved wheels or pulleys 12 b and thenpass downward and are connected to the rods d d, the lower ends of whichare connected to the dumping plate or door F. Thus it will be seen thatas the rods (Z cl draw upward upon the door F the result will be toclose the same, and as they relax their upward hold upon the door thelatter is allowed to open to a greater or less extent. The connectionbetween the shaft G and the door F may vary, if desired, and, instead ofbeing part chain and part rod, may be entirely chain, or may be ropes orcords or whatever other devices will form or will provide a properconnection between the said shaft G and the door.

1 indicate the chains and rods simply by way of example only as oneconvenient way of operating the door.

On the shaft G near one of the sides of the wagon-body, and preferablywithin said body, Alongside of the gear H, and likewise on the shaft G,is a ratchet wheel I. The ratchet I is engaged by a pawl K, which ispivoted at to the wagon-body just in front of the drivers seat, saidpawl being provided with the spring Z, which keeps it in engagement withthe teeth of the ratchet. The driver, by pressing his foot upon one endtravels along over it.

of the pawl K in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 3, maycompress the spring and disengage the pawl from the ratchet. This he cando whenever necessity requires. lVhen he releases his foot from thepawl, the spring will again force it into engagement with the ratchet.Above the gear H and meshing therewith is another gear L, carried on asuitable stud and provided with a hand-crank L. It will thus be seenthat by manipulating the crank L and rotating the gear L theintermeshing gear H will in consequence be rotated, which will impart arotary motion to the shaft G, andthe door F may in this manner beclosed. When, therefore, the door F is open and the driver desires toclose it-fthe wagon-body being empty, all that he needs to do is torotate the crank L a few times, and this will suffice to effect aclosing, and the pawl K will hold the ratchet so that the door F will beheld tightly closed. 'When the driver desires to open the door F, hewill simply press his foot upon the pawl K, and then by simultaneouslygrasping the crankhandle L allow the weight within the wagonbody to openthe door sufficiently far, and then releasing his foot from the pawlallow it to fall into engagement with the ratchet, and thus hold thedoor at the desired point.

In actual practice it will be found that the door when deliveringcrushed stone upon the road will be open only at a small angle, as shownin Fig. 3. This will insure a steady, uniform, and even delivery of thecrushed stone upon the road-surface as the wagon If the wagon is filledwith larger stones or pieces of rock, it may be found at certain timesadvantageous to have the door F open its full width.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a wagon for use in road-making, the combination, with the bodyhaving interior inclines sloping from the ends toward the middle and anopening in the bottom be tween the ends of said inclines, of a door forsaid opening, and devices, substantially as described, consisting of ashaft supported in the sides of the Wagon-body above the open ing, saidshaft having pulleys and connections between the pulleys and saiddoorfor regulating the extent to which it may be opened or closed for thepurpose of delivering crushed stone or other substances easily upon theroad surface.

2. In a wagon for use in road-making, the combination, with the wagonbody having interior inclines sloping toward each other and anintermediate opening in the bottom of the wagon, of the hinged door forsaid opening, and devices, substantially as described, consisting of ashaft supported in the sides of the wagon-body above said opening, saidshaft being connected with the door by suitable connections and alsoconnected with other devices at'the drivers seat, whereby he may openand close the door at pleasure while the Wagon is in motion,substantially as described.

3. In a wagon for use in road-making, the combination of the wagon-bodyhaving the interiorinclines sloping from each end toward the middle andthe intervening opening in the bottom of the wagon between the ends ofthe inclines, the hinged door for said opening, the shaft with itspulleys supported in the sides of the wagon-body above the opening, thetransverse shaft near the drivers seat, and the connecting-chainsrunning from the door over the first named pulleys and connected to theshaft near the drivers seat, substantially as described.

4. In a Wagon for use in roadqnaking, the combination of the wagon-bodyhaving the interior inclines D and E, the opening in the bottom of thewagon between the ends of said inclines, a hinged door F for saidopening, the shaft G, the gear H, and the ratchet I on said shaft, thespring-pawl K, engaging the ratchet I, and the chains and rods e (Z orsimilar c011- nections between the shaft G and the door F, substantiallyas described.

5. The combination of the wagon-body with its interior inclines andopening, the door F, the shaft a, carrying pulleys b b,the shaft G nearthe drivers seat, carrying gear II and ratchet I, the spring-pawl K,engaging ratchet I, the gear L, engaging gear H and provided withcrank-handle L, and the chain and rod connections (2 d between the shaftG and the door F, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the wagon having interior inclines and thebottom opening and the hinged door F, of the shaft a above the openingand provided with the hand-pulleys b b, the shaft G near the driversseat, the gear II and ratchet I, carried on said shaft, pawl K, engagingthe ratchet I, the gear L, engaging gear II and provided withcrankhandle L, and the connections fastened to the shaft G, running overthe pulleys b b, and connected to the door F,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. KYLE.

Witnesses:

E. N. WA'rERs, \VILLIAM L. BOYDEN.

